The Spurs striker claims the Gunners crumble under pressure and has urged his Tottenham team-mates to capitalise on their inability to handle it.

Adebayor, 30, spent three years at the Emirates before moving to Manchester City in 2009, but he is now a hate figure for many Arsenal fans after his controversial celebration where he ran the full length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the fans who used to adore him.

The Togo forward believes his former team lack a real physical presence on the pitch and this is why they struggle to cope when they are put under pressure.

He said: "Arsenal are a good team when they have the ball. When they don’t, they are not that good. When you put them under ­pressure, they can’t handle it.

FORMER GUNNER: Adebayor in his Arsenal days [GETTY]

“When you put them under ­pressure, they can’t handle it.”

Emmanuel Adebayor

“They don’t have a lot of physical presence. Apart from Flamini, I don’t see anyone who puts themselves into a proper battle.

“Rosicky is not that type of player, Cazorla is not the type of player who defends. Arteta is trying to do it, but that’s not his job.

“They don’t have anybody who can say, ‘If I have to kick, I will kick. If we have to fight, I will put myself at the front of it.

"That’s how we have to play. Push them and force them to make errors.”